Battle of the Folk Bands 2018: Eabhal

Eabhal have reached the finals of Battle of The Folk Bands 2018. The competition will be held at TradFest on May 6th 2018 in Edinburgh. Why not come along and join in the fun? You can buy tickets here. Read about all the finalists here.

We asked Jamie of Eabhal a few questions about the band.

Tell us about your band

Eabhal met and began making music together on the Outer Hebridean Isle of Uist. With members of the band coming for musically rich areas like the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as rural Northumbria they draw on these traditions as well as other influences to create the ‘Eabhal’ sound! Eabhal are currently working on their first studio album which will feature Gaelic anthems and highland strathspeys and a lot of self penned music.

What are you hopes and aspirations for the band?
We are looking forward to releasing and touring our first album which we are working on at the moment. We have recently been joined full time by the brilliant Kaitlin Ross who sang with us as a guest on our E.P and we are looking forward to working more as 5 piece line up. Music is a great tool for bringing people together and we love having tunes and getting the craic with as many people, in as many places, as possible!